Moves to pacify and unite aggrieved stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) following the bitterness and divide over the party’s Presidential ticket has begun, according to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro.
The aide, during a chat with State House Correspondents said President Jonathan would use the meeting with Presidential opponents and stakeholders of the PDP as a step towards unifying the party ahead of April’s general elections.
Coincidentally, all the aspirants are from the Northern region. They are: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mrs. Sarah Jibril, former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida; former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau and Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
Recall that Babangida, Gusau and Saraki withdrew from the race for Atiku as part of a northern consensus agreement of the (NPLF).
“The president’s immediate pre-occupation now is to heal every perceived political wounds and injuries inflicted or sustained preparatory to the primaries, as part of his promise to unite the PDP and Nigeria. The process of healing has begun already. The President is reaching out, aiming to bind wounds from the sometimes-bruising campaign for the primaries.
“Of course there will be a series of meetings, and we hope that at the end of it all, we would have united everyone for the contest ahead,” Niboro said.
“For us, there is no victor, no vanquished,” he added...
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